After owning this album on vinyl for years, I'm so glad to finally get it on CD. "Control" was not Janet's first album but it was the one that launched her into the stratosphere and, with the following three iconic albums, "Rythm Nation 1814", "Janet" and "The Velvet Rope", she earned the superstar status she enjoys till this day. Back in the 80s and 90s a lot of good music came our way and alongside people like Madonna, Mariah and Whitney, 'Ms Jackson, if you're nasty' ruled the airwaves.

This 1987 album showcases the great remixes of the songs she released off the "Control" album and it was these remixes - by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Shep Pettibone & Steve Hodge - that I remember hearing in the clubs and playing at house parties back then. She even had the legendary Herb Alpert on the "Cool Summer Mix Part Two" of "Nasty".

She was also probably the first artist to realise the significance of the club remix and this album in many ways outperforms the original "Control" album. The music is simply awesome and stands confidently well over a decade later, sounding better than a lot of the music currently in the charts. I defy anyone to put this CD on and remain seated.

Given the lacklustre performance - to these ears anyway - of Ms Jackson's most recent offerings, I sincerely hope she'll eventually be able to reclaim her crown by getting the standard of her music back up where it belongs. She's into her 40s now but I know she can do it. Meanwhile and until then, I'm loving this one and reliving the great 80s!

This is an incredible, and sadly enough, out of print, cd with Jackson's best tracks to come off her mega-million selling Control album ! You get the rare gem of the "live" video mix for the titletrack Control. This single alone was extremely difficult to find even on the 12" extended Control vinyl single (the 12" Control single, shockingly enough did NOT contain this popular and sought after version)! Story behind the incredible live sound was that producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis actually added the "live" edge and funkier beats/instruments in the recording studio and later used it for the filming of the video.The live vocal-echoing acoustics to Jackson's singing was also an in-studio engineering/mixing enhancement. Janet lip synched it in front of the audience ! This was the version that should have also made it onto the actual Control album. Each track contains heavier beats, added synth work, interesting instrumental solos, looping or sampling effects not present on the regular album/cd. Nasty even takes on a thorough reworking that if it weren't for the lyrics you would never recognize the melody or beat as being the same song ! Jam and Lewis back in the 80's really knew how to remix the tunes of their affiliated artists and colleagues, not just Jackson's tunes (SOS Band, Cherelle, Alexander O'Neal, Human League)...Jam and Lewis knew how to re-mix and extend a song, not just by elongating it, but by adding new and exciting incredible elements !

Also included is the extended funkified foot stompin' version The Pleasure Principle, the elongated dance mix When I think of You, What Have You Done For Me Lately,Nasty and a re-mixed (in a subtle way) version of Let's Wait Awhile...

Regardles if you are a fan of Jackson's or just want to listen to some ingenious remixing from back in the day Control;The Re-Mixes is well worth searching for !

Was it not a priority to buy the coveted "Control: The Remixes" from Janet Jackson or was there some other reason why it took a quarter of a century for me to make this purchase? Let's take a trip back to the year 1987 when the last release from Control ("The Pleasure Principle") just finished its run on the charts. There was yet another import CD titled, "Control: The Remixes," which was released from Australia. The artwork was taken from the "When I Think of You" cover, and the contents covered nearly all the expected single releases except for "The Pleasure Principle". Knowing that the set was incomplete, I shelled out the money anyway because I was a loyal fan. The cost of living was much lower in 1987, so paying $20 for this import CD set me back quite a few bucks.

As for the second "Control: The Remixes" CD, this one became available at the local Tower Records' import section 2-to-3 years later for a whopping $39! The cost of living was still about the same, if not a little higher than 1987, but the point is that $39 is a forbidding price tag for just one song I wanted ("The Pleasure Principle"). This import CD was just too expensive for someone earning minimum wage at the time. So, I had to let this one go and forget about it over time. Boo-hoo!

2011 has come and gone. I was expecting a commemorative 25th anniversary CD for "Control," which should have included the 12-inch singles of the hits as bonus tracks. That never happened.

One day, I was searching Amazon Marketplace, and I punched in this title for fun to see what the value would be as a used CD. There are no new copies because it's out of print. The sellers were asking quite a lot of money for this CD because it's still a rarity. Many were charging nearly $100 or more. I cannot fathom paying that much still, but I left the title on my "save for later" screen. One day, someone was willing to sell their copy for $2.40. That was a deal too hard to pass up, so I clicked the "checkout" button and came full circle at completing my "Control: The Remixes" acquisition 25 years later.

Do note that if you want the official 12-inch version for "Nasty," it's actually on the Australian import CD, not this one. If I could have bypassed purchasing the Australian import CD, I would have since this version is more complete and I don't particularly care for the song "Nasty" anyway.

Good things do come to those who wait, but believe me, it was a long wait between the last time I played "The Pleasure Principle" on a turntable and the first time I played it from this UK import CD. It's a good purchase!

This product was exactly as it was described and it was shipped to me incredibly fast. I am well-pleased with this purchase and the vendor.

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